A LAST WORD.
"Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn."
--BURNS.
Such was the life in Old Port Macquarie. But what does it all matter
now? Did any of the tyrants ever derive any benefit by hounding down
and torturing their fellow men? Nay! most of those whose career I have
followed did no good, while some died like dogs. They say that there is
punishment for doers of harsh deeds this side of the grave, and if ever
this fact were realised, it was by many of those heartless wretches who
gloried in driving their subordinates to desperation day by day. Thank
Heaven I have lived all this down, and although "declined into the vale
of years," still I am glad to know and say that there yet remains a
gleam of sunshine, as there is a silver lining to every cloud, for me
to enjoy in my latter days.
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